Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The middle of the night: the sixth temporal hour, equidistant between sunset and sunrise.

    Thanks to its sonar, the narwhal can remain active even at midnight, unhindered by the darkness.

    Mitternacht

    по́лночьpólnočʹ

    12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night

  2. (countable, uncountable)Twelve o'clock at night exactly.

    Mitternacht

    по́лночьpólnočʹ

    пі́внічpívnič

  3. (countable, uncountable)Synonym of boxcars (“a pair of sixes”).

Examples

551 sentences
  1. Tom went to bed at midnight.

    Том пішов спати опівночі.

    deTom ging um Mitternacht ins Bett.

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  2. Tom will be executed at midnight.

    Тома стратять опівночі.

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  3. We never go to sleep before midnight.

    Ми ніколи не засинаємо раніше опівночі.

    ruМы никогда не засыпаем раньше полуночи.

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  4. Tom is going to be executed at midnight.

    Тома стратять опівночі.

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  5. I don't always go to bed before midnight.

    Я не завжди йду спати раніше опівночі.

    ruЯ не всегда ложусь спать до полуночи.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
12 o'clock at night exactly — see also twelve o'clock:
Русский
By meaning 1
middle of the night:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
middle of the night:

Origin

From Middle English midnight, from Old English midniht, from Proto-Germanic *midjanahts (“

From Middle English midnight, from Old English midniht, from Proto-Germanic *midjanahts (“midnight”), equivalent to mid- + night. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Midnoacht (“midnight”), Old High German mittinaht (“midnight”), Danish midnat (“midnight”), Swedish midnatt (“midnight”), Icelandic miðnætti (“midnight”). Compare also Saterland Frisian Middernoacht (“midnight”), Dutch middernacht (“midnight”), German Mitternacht (“midnight”).

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Forms

plural: midnights
Singularmidnight
Pluralmidnights

regular

Synonyms

10 synonyms
noonA2boxcarsdead of nightnoon of night00:0012 o'clock12 midnight12 a.m.24:00

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

28 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • bed before midnight
  • until after midnight
  • until midnight
  • past midnight
  • sleep before midnight
  • home by midnight
  • just after midnight
  • up past midnight
  • till midnight
  • just before midnight
  • home after midnight
  • home before midnight

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
midnight — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto